Military officers disciplined over Apache photo scandal
By Stephanie Chao ,The China Post
April 4, 2015, 12:08 am TWN
April 4, 2015, 12:08 am TWN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Army Command Headquarters (ACH, 陸軍司令部) yesterday
announced the updated list of five penalized military officials involved in local
celebrity Janet Lee (李蒨蓉) entering the cockpit of an Apache helicopter, including an Army
Special Forces (航特部) lieutenant general commander, who is the highest
ranking officer to be punished.
The penalized
officers include Army Special Forces Lieutenant General Commander Chen
Chien-tsai (陳健財) with one demerit, Army
Special Forces 601 Brigade Commander
Major General Chien Tsung-yuan (簡聰淵) with two demerits.
601 Brigade Chief of Staff Tan Chia-cheng (談家成), as the main
commander on base on March 29, was penalized with a serious demerit and post
transfer. 601 Combat Division commander
Lieutenant Colonel Tseng
Ming-hsiung (曾明雄) was punished with two demerits.
Authorities also
updated Lao Nei-chen's (勞乃成) punishment, the lieutenant colonel
deputy commander and chief information security officer who took Janet Lee onto
the military premises. Originally penalized with three reprimands, Lao was
disciplined with one serious demerit, removed from his post and will face prosecution.
In response to
questions on the punishment update, the Ministry of National Defense (MND, 國防部) replied
that the three reprimands were originally a suggestion made by the combat
division. It was during the conference held by the brigade that they decided to
finalize the
penalties, authorities said.
Lao took Janet Lee and her family onto
Longtan Base in Taoyuan, giving a tour of a repair warehouse that contained an
AH-64E Apache. He let Lee take photos with the aircraft and sit in the cockpit,
violating national defense security regulations.
Lao Took 20 People onto Premises
During further
investigations into the Apache controversy, the Army also found that Lao had
taken 20 relatives and friends to tour the military base on March 29 without
approval. The group comprised 13 adults and seven children, officials said.
Lao, also a seed
instructor for AH-64E Apaches, personally showed the aircraft to his relatives
and friends. During the tour, members of the group took photos of military
aircraft with their smartphones. Among them, Janet Lee made posts on Facebook,
attracting controversy and debate about slack military
management.
Deputy Commander Pan
Ku-yu (潘家宇), as the spokesman during the press
conference held yesterday, apologized to the nation on behalf of the Army.
Stucture of the Lead:
Who:Janet Lee
When:This year
What:apologized
Why:everyone reprimands her behavior
Where:the military in Taiwan
How:they were prosecuted
Where:the military in Taiwan
How:they were prosecuted
Keywords:
1.penalized(處罰)
2.cockpit(座艙)
3.demerit(過失)
4.reprimands(譴責)
5.prosecution(起訴)
6.finalize(完成)
7.slack (散漫)
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回覆刪除I feel so angry and sad about our country's military. Just because fun doesn't mean you can do such things. Absurdly, there are so many officers in this case, too. It took our country a lot of money to train them to be a professional officer, and they did such things in return. How can’t I get angry to them?
回覆刪除They should be more serious about our military.They can not do such thing just for fun.I think they can do something more meaningful because they are so rich.
回覆刪除I am mad about Janet Lee take a photo and upload to Internet. It is about our country secret but Janet Lee holds such attitude I feel so disappointed.
回覆刪除Janet Lee’s behavior let whole Taiwan people ashamed. I think if they really rich to visit Apache helicopter and do such absurd thing why they take this money to do more meaningful things?